§ 2670. — Insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries; tie lines and teletype equipment; ice and drinking water; excise taxes on negotiable instruments; remains of deceased persons; relief, protection, and burial of seamen; acknowledgment of services of foreign vessels and aircraft; rentals and leases.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2670]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2670. Insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries; tie
lines and teletype equipment; ice and drinking water; excise
taxes on negotiable instruments; remains of deceased persons;
relief, protection, and burial of seamen; acknowledgement of
services of foreign vessels and aircraft; rentals and leases
The Secretary of State is authorized to--
(a) obtain insurance on official motor vehicles operated by the
Department of State in foreign countries, and pay the expenses
incident thereto;
(b) rent tie lines and teletype equipment;
(c) provide ice and drinking water for United States Embassies
and Consulates abroad;
(d) pay excise taxes on negotiable instruments which are
negotiated by the Department of State abroad;
(e) Omitted;
(f) pay expenses incident to the relief, protection, and burial
of American seamen, and alien seamen from United States vessels in
foreign countries and in the United States Territories and
possessions;
(g) pay the expenses incurred in the acknowledgment of the
services of officers and crews of foreign vessels and aircraft in
rescuing American seamen, airmen, or citizens from shipwreck or
other catastrophe abroad or at sea;
(h) rent or lease, for periods of less than ten years, such
offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the
Foreign Service abroad as he may deem necessary, and make payments
therefor in advance;
(i) maintain, improve, and repair properties rented or leased
pursuant to authority contained in subsection (h) of this section
and furnish fuel, water, and utilities for such properties;
(j) provide emergency medical attention and dietary supplements,
and other emergency assistance, for United States citizens
incarcerated abroad or destitute United States citizens abroad who
are unable to obtain such services otherwise, such assistance to be
provided on a reimbursable basis to the extent feasible;
(k) subject to the availability of appropriated funds, obtain
insurance on the historic and artistic articles of furniture,
fixtures, and decorative objects which may from time-to-time be
within the responsibility of the Fine Arts Committee of the
Department of State for the Diplomatic Rooms of the Department;
(l) make payments in advance, of the United States share of
necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, from
appropriations available for such purpose; and
(m) establish, maintain, and operate passport and dispatch
agencies.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 95-45,
Sec. 2, June 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 221; 1977 Reorg. Plan No. 2,
Sec. 9(a)(7), 42 F.R. 62461, 91 Stat. 1639; Pub. L. 95-426, title I,
Sec. 108(a), Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 966; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97-
241, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 100-
204, title I, Sec. 126(b), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1342; Pub. L. 102-
138, title I, Sec. 166, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 676; Pub. L. 103-236,
title I, Sec. 162(k)(3), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 409.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 170h of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Subsec. (e) of this section, relating to the payment of the actual
expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains
of persons, not United States Government employees, who die away from
their homes while participating in international educational exchange
activities under the jurisdiction of the Department of State, was
omitted pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1977, Sec. 9(a)(7), 42 F.R.
62461, 91 Stat. 1639, set out under section 1461 of this title,
effective on or before July 1, 1978, at such time as specified by the
President, which abolished the functions of the Secretary of State under
subsec. (e).
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 103-236 added subsec. (m).
1991--Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 102-138 added subsec. (l).
1987--Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 100-204 added subsec. (k).
1978--Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 95-426 inserted ``or destitute United
States citizens abroad'' after ``incarcerated abroad''.
1977--Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 95-45 added subsec. (j).
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-236 applicable with respect to officials,
offices, and bureaus of Department of State when executive orders,
regulations, or departmental directives implementing the amendments by
sections 161 and 162 of Pub. L. 103-236 become effective, or 90 days
after Apr. 30, 1994, whichever comes earlier, see section 161(b) of Pub.
L. 103-236, as amended, set out as a note under section 2651a of this
title.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Section 108(b) of Pub. L. 95-426 provided that: ``The amendment made
by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1,
1978.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2701 of this title.
